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This Task Force will improve the way that farm seekers and farmland holders find one another. It will:
1. Assess New England's "linking" programs and research similar efforts nationwide.
2. Clarify terms and functions (e.g., listing ( a list of properties), linking (pre-selection and/or pairing of seeker and owner) and matching (facilitating an agreement).
3. Analyze what's working and strategize ways to improve individual programs and regional coordination around helping seekers and holders find each other.
As a result of this Task Force's efforts, we will have improved linking programs in all states - a sustainable, coordinated system to locate available farm properties. At least 1,000 farm seekers will use the improved system fo find farms within one year of the project's end.
Lead members: McKenzie Boekholder; India Burnett Farmer; Kate Donald; Erica Fearn; John Harker; Jennifer Hashley; Gail McWilliam Jellie; Elisabeth Moore; Jane Slupecki; Henry Thedford; Adrian Wadsworth; and Nina Young.
Supporting members: Chelsea Bardot Lewis; Ben Bowell; Kristen Castratoro;Katie Cavanaugh; Julie Rubaud and Ben Waterman.
Task Force Leader: Susan Phinney (phinneys1@yahoo.com). |
